Working meeting with Krasnodar Territory Governor Veniamin Kondratyev

Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with Krasnodar Territory Governor Veniamin Kondratyev.

May 11, 2018

13:50

Sochi

President of Russia
Vladimir Putin: Mr
Kondratyev, I know about the situation in the region, because you have recently
updated me on it. Today I would like to talk about your plans for the main
areas of the region’s development and for attaining the goals set in the Presidential Executive Order of May 7, 2018 with due regard for the region’s
specifics and economic conditions.

I know that you would like to talk specifically
about the use of marine and other biological water resources, as well as about
the development of agriculture and agricultural cooperatives. Let us begin with
these issues.

Krasnodar Territory
Governor Veniamin KondratyevKondratyev VeniaminGovernor of Krasnodar Territory: Mr President, first of all, I would like to say that the May Executive
Order is highly relevant and necessary. Speaking objectively as a representative of a region with developed agriculture, I can assure you that
the people waited for this executive order and strongly hope that it will be
implemented.

Consequently, we adjusted the region’s development strategy, known as the 2030 Strategy, since it runs until
2030. First and foremost, we do realise that financial resources are something
we definitely need in order to deliver on your instructions.

Krasnodar Territory’s gross regional
product (GRP) increased on average by 2.3 percent in 2017. Considering the objectives you have already set in your Executive Order, our GRP must double, and not just grow incrementally. The region’s GRP currently stands at 2.3 trillion
rubles, which means that in order to comply with the Executive Order it must
reach 4.5 trillion, at least.

Annual economic growth must be
around 4 percent. It goes without saying that the industrial output must at least double, while labour efficiency must grow 2.5-fold. The regional budget
must total about 600 billion rubles.

Let me assure you that we will implement
all your instructions, taking into consideration that the regional economy is
currently in good shape.

Speaking of the economy, Krasnodar
Territory is of course an agro-industrial region, so it is a matter of principle for us to keep up this momentum in agriculture, in agribusiness.